bluey01
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Just bought these "deck shoes" £25 - anyone else tried them?
ASDA Deck shoes
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sailorman
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gotta photo of the sole
bluey01
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....here is the sole, not expecting much but for the type of sailing I do I expect more than good enough
saxonpirate
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Sailing!!!! They'd have to be Sunday best for me at that price... 
TonyBuckley
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I don't know, but I would expect a lot for £25! I get mine from SportsDirect, dead cheap and last for ages.
winsbury
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Bought some supposedly 'proper' deck shoes from M&S £50, nice leather and razor cut sole but slippery as hell on wet grp - definitely only fit for the clubhouse. http://www.marksandspencer.com/Blue-Harbour-Freshfeet-Leather-Shoes/dp/B009G4N6ZM?ie=UTF8&ref=sr_1_9&sr=1-9&qid=1370970032&pf_rd_r=0TNESJZFT99CDV6MTHBZ&pf_rd_m=A2BO0OYVBKIQJM&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_i=209308031&pf_rd_p=321381387&pf_rd_s=related-items-3
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alant
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Caer Urfa
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You must be rich mate, the same shoes are currently for sale in Aldi at under £15.
sailorman
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I looked at those & left them there
David2452
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£25?? £15???? I wonder if the children that have make them have half that to spend on food in a month.
Quicky
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I buy £5 crocs , you don't have to worry about walking around in the mud 
saxonpirate
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You make a very salient point...
UncleAlbert
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Sorry but it is not a salient point. For few rupees a day they are chuffed to nuts to do the work and have a job, otherwise its nil rupees a day and foraging on the local landfill. Definitely soooo wrong to measure their income against our own when living costs are so different.
saxonpirate
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Yeah... I'm sure they're "chuffed to nuts" burning to death in overcrowded sweatshops too... but heh!
Have a read... http://weknowwhatsup.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/bangladesh-100-plus-workers-burnt-to.html
sailorman
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No doubt they have a yearly 360 appraisal as well
UncleAlbert
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But its nothing to do with us, let there own corrupt, uncaring, governments deal with it, They will still be grateful that we spend our 'hard earned' on stuff they get a living from.
Stemar
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If not buying products made in countries that exploit their poor would help the poor, I'd gladly look elsewhere, but the effect if we were all to do that, as Uncle Alberts says, is no income at all. The solution is for western buyers to work with their suppliers to ensure a living wage (whatever that is in their area and safe working conditions - then check regularly that the extra that costs is really going to the employees, not the owner's pocket.
The chances are that Clarks and Docksiders are made in the same factories, so spending more isn't always the solution. (I picked a couple of makes at random, so those particular ones may not be, but you get the idea)
The chances are that Clarks and Docksiders are made in the same factories, so spending more isn't always the solution. (I picked a couple of makes at random, so those particular ones may not be, but you get the idea)
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Scarboroughsloop
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Asda/Walmart have a very stringent audit procedure for their supliers. If you want your money to end up where it has the potential to help most then I'd suggest that these shoes would not be a bad move......
saxonpirate
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Sorry Arthur but you are wrong. It is something to do with us. Who on earth do you think supports/bribe these corrupt, uncaring governments. Guess what!... its our very own 1st World governments (in the national interest of course). And they support them for the goodies they have to offer, and to enable access to our vast Global Corporates to fatten their profits on the backs of people paid starvation wages whilst working in hell hole conditions. Admittedly some progress is being made to improve things, albeit painfully slowly, but that is only being brought about by dedicated people shaming the brand names into acting more responsibly. Chances are... they wouldn't do so otherwise.
As for the Asda/Walmart smoke and mirrors 'Scarboroughsloop', maybe a glance at this might enlighten you http://waronwant.org/overseas-work/...e-for-victims-of-bangladesh-building-collapse
Scarboroughsloop
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What? So they won't sign up to the War on Want campaign? How does that enlighten me? Have you ever seen the audit requirment from Asda? It's not smoke an mirrors!
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